Question

Describe the role(s) and functions of a project manager. Use your own personal experiences to describe why these are important. Your answer should be no shorter than three typed pages. And, you must cite information from ALL thirteen chapters of the book (even the ones we did not specifically cover in class). For example, a project manager must effectively communicate with team members (ch.1)

*I dont expect anyone to write anywhere near 3 pages for me, but if you really want to share your thoughts I wont hesitate to read it. Im more so looking for examples or others experiences and how to layout my paper incorporating all the functions and roles of a project manager*

Answer 1

ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF A PROJECT MANAGER

To conduct a project work successfully it requires conducting many activities to lead it successfully. The project is required to analyze it properly based on the given parameters by the clients. The parameters are required to be identified then it is handed over to the respective teams who will engage in completing the project.

From the personal experiences, the role of the project manager starts here, the key factors that are necessary to be followed before supervising any projects are with the steps from initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and finally closing. The best part of the project manager is to know its team and to know the skill set of the different personalities involved in the team. When the client is approached with a project, a project manager welcomes the client and gives 100% completion supports to the clients. The process begins by analyzing the project, the project manager is held responsible to analyze it very carefully before the conduction of work.

The project manager divides the project into several parts as per experience level of the team members and the team begins to work on the project. The work begins in the team; the design of the work is decided by the project manager. The team executes the process as per the instruction by the project manager; the work is then performed with the efficiency and the project manager keeps on controlling the process of conducting the work.

The work is monitored by the project manager for meeting the parameters asked by the client to present in the project. Frequent team member coordination is maintained by the project manager to verify the work is meeting the highest standards to the client. In between when half of the work gets completed the project manager sends the sample to the clients for verifying the process. Then after the client confirmation, further implementations are done by the team as per the project manager instructs to do so.

The rest works are performed with the very final step of completing the process with the efficiency and then the major work is tested by the project manager. It is then verified with the key parameters asked by the clients to have in the project. The final project verification sample is then handed over to the client side for the final approval. Based on the client satisfaction level the project is fully handed over to the client and in this way, the project manager fulfills the responsibility by assisting the team members with full support and also meeting the project deadlines by fulfilling the requirements of the clients in achieving the highest level of satisfaction.